Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

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nssnt Of ths TsErisssy. spoksns Falls
has not. however. hsan the DOLLY eiiy IN
ths aasssrn poEtiou 81 he TsrFitery
whish has expefianesd 81 undani psos-
psriiy. Cheney. OolEax and other cit
iss have iwprovsd materially, and thsrs
i % ons ~ al Ne ainbiiioas towns q
thai Eish and aoaFishinR region ghieh
he year doe not lsavs laEgsF, sisbss
and siranRaF than 4 fosnd H.
In OsssFal Washingsoa. also, mAEksa
progress hss been maSs II wealth aad
popuIsiisn. Tia ssustructisn % nsw
sailsosds has opsned 70 he World por-
tions % YAki1a and KisAisas Ooanisss.
which have kit6arko Seen compaFa-
lively iaoIAsed. Nsrsh Yakima end
Ellsusb1rR kass eFeua sad inpsovsd
wish ne soantss sassouhdins thea
TIE discovery of eoaf % tie eastern
slope Of the moaniains and The begin
niiR o. mining epstasions, mara shs
Inauguration Of an industry which zil |
be Q source Of wealth 30 count "
alzsady rich D Tssoazses. nkfs :.
Ths progress Of Wsstsfn washington
has bssn most ersiifyiaa. The De-
vsIopment II ne country hss been
steady and even. and the past gear may
b looked back npon a. one Of substan-
tial improvement. TIE revival Of the
lambef ana e0al tfsAs. me msnsvwhich
has been bFoueht into she eoaatsy b.
the high prices obtained for hopl
and other agricultural products, the
sOosiruotion Of loRgina railroads, which
hase opsaed ep large tracts Of valnahIs
tinheF land hIthars0 inaccessible. and
the inception Of new enterprises have
unitsd to make the past year q year Of
prosperity, which Il all the more erati-
flying beoanse there we're fsW Who dared
y hope for II. The strides In Develop
msnt which have been made By wsss.
cru washington in The past twelve
menths shay be appreciated when ons
pansss 70 eempAEe the business and
financial outlook IN sanasFy lst iss6,
with thai % January Isl. 1881. TIE I'M.
pFevement has been phenomenal. Bust.
nsss men and investors are nor locking
forward 10 o long ssuiinasa era Of
prosperity. and, unless all signs fail,
sheir plsAsApt aetioipaai0ns will be fully
Realised.
The cities Of Western Waah inaton
have kept racs With their rivals en- Tia
opposite ode Of the nsunsains, aad al
the cities IT the Territory resain shs
same relative positiOn that they hsld q
yesr ago In popuIaai0n. business. meAllh
ana innaence. Ths Lang lend Of Seat.
tie IL as long as ever, and there 70 "a
reason 70 appFehsnd that IL win ever
lose its position e The LARGEST and mos.
entsEprisina city IN the Territory. Ta-
osma, the second city, saous indlea-
tiOns Of substantial Improvement In
many direotioEs and % . peospsriay
which ID is hoped may ooutinaa Olym-
psa, the capital city. has hesn aFuussd
from her Iona slanber and b begin
ming 10 pat forth Efforts foE toe rsten-
tson Of hef positisa. PERI Townasnd
also has improvsd materially aud her
sitissns are showine q eonf1encs ana
sntsrpriss which viii bsnstt thar city
beyend measure. Tia smaller icwn I
"a ths h1apd also show iadicatians Of
prosperity, and Alaosi wishoei sxesp-
tiou, they are erowinR In population and
sxtendlnR thsiF trade and inflnsncs.
The feature Of the history Of the Ter
sisary during ne ysas wan unauesssona-
by NE enti-uhinsss aaiaasioa. whish
vaa ooinsidsas vish The lsbos irosbles
throuehoat Ne esantry. aud ma, b
t<Aesd 70 the same cause. Tia sgilasiou
waG carried 10 sash . height and The
sxsiasmsns became - great thai deplss-
ahle aats u yiolanea we're eommitaed IN
several places. visa ~ rssuFa o. nnDsa
psoepssOaa timsA housvss. ths feeling
thas snRsndsFsd has IN . great measure
aiaappsArsd and Ne peeuls are seGin
united IN ssniineaf ana esass FOE De
Advancement Of the Territory IN all thai
mAkes q Stats tFulv RreaA